{"id":44270,"date":"2026-01-31T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T07:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/protests-against-ice-take-place-across-the-us-for-national-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T07:31:16","slug":"protests-against-ice-take-place-across-the-us-for-national-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/protests-against-ice-take-place-across-the-us-for-national-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests against ICE take place across the US for &#8216;National Shutdown&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/697d40efa645d11881886520?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Protesters hold &quot;ICE OUT NOW&quot; signs\"\/><figcaption>Protests across the nation took place amid the Trump administration&#039;s immigration enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Maturen\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Crowds across the US are protesting against ICE in a general strike on Friday.<\/li>\n<li>Some local businesses closed for the day to support the protests.<\/li>\n<li>The demonstrations come amid the White House&#039;s crackdown on immigration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local businesses across the US forwent income for the day to protest the Trump administration&#039;s immigration crackdown and the fatal shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>In what was billed a &quot;National Shutdown,&quot; organizers called for a 24-hour general strike, asking students to skip school, business owners to close up shop, and consumers to refrain from spending for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Some small and medium-sized businesses from coast to coast posted on their social media stating that they&#039;d be closed on Friday as part of the demonstrations. Others said that they&#039;d remain open to support their workers, but showed support for the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Touchstone Climbing, a popular California-based climbing gym with about 20 locations, posted on social media that its gyms were closed and that hourly employees scheduled to work on Friday would be paid.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/697d41cbe1ba468a96ab1c1a?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A woman holds an &quot;ICE out of NYC&quot; sign.\"\/><figcaption>A protester in New York City holds an &quot;ICE out&quot; sign.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Medium, an online publishing company, told employees that they were free to take Friday off to participate in the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Photos show crowds of demonstrators holding signs that said &quot;ICE Out&quot; and gathering in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York City, Boston, and Minneapolis, among other cities.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come amid growing tensions in communities where the Trump administration has deployed federal agents. Many of the high-profile enforcement efforts have been concentrated in blue or so-called sanctuary cities.<\/p>\n<p>In Minneapolis, two US residents, Good and Pretti, were fatally shot after a confrontation with federal agents that occurred within a span of a few weeks.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/697d4f82e1ba468a96ab1c98?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a crowd of protesters.\"\/><figcaption>A large crowd of protesters gather in Minneapolis to protest the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.<\/p>\n<p>John Moore\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hundreds of local businesses in Minnesota participated in an economic blackout last week, shuttering their stores for a day following the shootings. The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, which is tied to AFL-CIO, the largest labor union in the US, endorsed the general strike.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice announced on Friday that it opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse who was killed by a Border Patrol agent.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests across the nation took place amid the Trump administration&#039;s immigration enforcement efforts. Stephen Maturen\/Getty Images Crowds across the US are protesting against ICE in a general strike on Friday. Some local businesses closed for the day to support the protests. The demonstrations come amid the White House&#039;s crackdown on immigration. 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